The purchase of the Tribune Tower. Reporter Thomas Henderson probably stands in front of the building he recently purchased, tribune town tower in downtown oakland. Authorities say henderson use illgotten gain to purchase the structure. Henderson and two other men, peter koo a Chinese National and stanford disco peter lee defrauded investors about the use of funds and made false statements in connection with the employment braced based eb5 visa program. Henderson was the founder of San Francisco Retail Center based out of the tribune building. The companys website says safe investments to set your family on a path of american citizenship. The company solicited and obtained 240 investors who believed they were investors in american countries through the eb5 visa program. The eb5 visa Program Allows for nationals to obtain permanent foreign residency by investing in qualifying american businesses and creating jobs for u. S. Citizens. Henderson and the two other men took the cash from the
And facebooks nightwatch. How they are fighting fake news on facebook about facebook and paying tribute to game of thrones. But first, to our top story. While the world fixates on trade tensions, another dispute between beijings neighbors is weighing heavily on chipmakers. Japan slapped restrictions on exports to south korea of crucial materials needed to produce Semi Conductors and screens. Samsung slid nearly 3 monday. 5. 5 . Ix dropped together, they count for 60 of memory chip capacity. Analysts suggest the applications may go beyond chips , upsetting the Global Supply chain from everything from iphones to laptops. Joining me in the studio is bloombergs ian king. Why is this happening now . Word ood question question. It is something that goes back hundreds of years, you could argue, with japans colonization of korea. Korea are japan never made amends, japan says yes we did. This appears to have bubbled up into the tensions were seeing right now. Emily could it have anything to do
How facebook is fighting fake facebook, facebook on paying tribute to game of thrones as they do that. Fixates on trade tensions between china and the united states, another dispute is weighing heavily on chipmakers. Slappedk, japan restrictions on exports heading to south korea. Samsung, south koreas largest company, slid nearly 3 . Another company dropped 1. 5 . Together, the two Companies Account for 60 of the worlds memory chip capacity. Upsetting supply chain for iphones tofrom laptops. Why is this happening now . This is something that goes back over 100 years, you could argue, with japans invasion and colonization of korea. Korea argues, you never apologized. The japanese side says, yes we did. This appears to have bubbled up. Emily could it have anything to do with President Trump and him taking a similar tact in dealing with china . Ian that is the argument, that the japanese side, for domestic political reasons, they are saying, weve had enough of this. This is something that
Hello and welcome to newsday. We start with russia, where president putin has hailed his predicted victory in russias president ial election, saying it would allow the country to become stronger. He had been the only serious candidate and now has a 5th term in office, after a landslide 87 of the vote. But there was defiance in the form of large queues at some Polling Stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny who urged people to turn out to spoil their ballots or to vote for any other candidate. Mr navalny died suddenly in a penal colony in russia last month. At least 80 protesters were arrested. His widow Yulia Navalnya cast her vote at Russias Embassy in berlin. There were protests held and queues to vote in a number of other countries. In london there was a line a mile long outside the russian embassy. From moscow heres our russia editor steve rosenberg. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding
87 of the vote. But there was defiance in the form of large queues at some Polling Stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny, who urged people to turn out to spoil their ballots or to vote for any other candidate. Mr navalny died suddenly in a penal colony in russia last month. At least 80 protesters were arrested. Mr navalny s widow, yulia navalnya, cast her vote at Russias Embassy in berlin. There were also protests held and voting queues in a number of other countries. In london, there was a line a mile long outside the russian embassy. From moscow, heres our russia editor steve rosenberg. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, ourwilland our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader Al